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bfriesen18-Opal
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March 16, 2012
Question

chapters to start on even pages in arbortext editor

  • March 16, 2012
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Hi there, I am trying to use the customized style sheet that we had created for us to do our operators manuals to also create a parts catalog. My issue is that I am wanting my graphic to always show up on the even page so the graphic to text will always be side by side. I cannot figure out what setting I should change in my stylesheet. I have added each topic to my ditamap at the chapter level.

In styler under element I have changed my chapter, breaks, start new to "even". That did not fix it.

Is this where I should be thinking about modifiying this setting?

Thanks,

Bryon

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    DmitryTsarev17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    March 19, 2012

    Hi Bryon

    See below a simple ACL script which seem to do what you need.

    Also see the video demoeing it: http://communities.ptc.com/videos/2679

    $table_rows=tbl_row_count()

    while(tbl_caret_row() <= $table_rows && tbl_caret_row() > 0) {

    oid_select(oid_caret(0))

    copy_mark mymark

    insert_tag(indexterm)

    paste mymark

    # insert("-")

    if (goto_cell(tbl_caret_row()+1, 1) != 1)

    {

    break

    }

    }

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    bfriesen18-OpalAuthor
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    March 19, 2012

    Thank you, Dmitry for you for your reponse, I believe this is in response to my other question about macros, not this one about changing start pages. Yes it does work well, How can I change what column it formats, it does not seem to matter what column I am in when I run it, it only modifies the first column. Can it be set to run in the column where your cursor is. If not the column I am wanting to run it in would be the second column in the table. I am not familuar at all with programing this stuff. I searched the oid help but get lost pretty quick. Thanks again for all your help.

    Bryon

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    DmitryTsarev17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    March 19, 2012

    Yep, posted in the wrong thread. See the reply in the correct thread

    http://communities.ptc.com/thread/37653?tstart=0

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    DmitryTsarev17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    March 20, 2012

    Bryon

    I'd double-check that you added the "Start New" - "Even Page" to the right context for the element.

    Also, using "Edit - Edit Resolved Document for Styling" helps when editing stylesheets and people often forget about this feature.

    If you could provide a screenshot of a) the ditamap/bookmap document with View - Document Map enabled and b) the Edit For Styling view of the same document (again, with View - Document Map enabled), I could, perhaps, generate a few more ideas.

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    bfriesen18-OpalAuthor
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    March 20, 2012

    styler.jpg

    edit view.jpg

    I think I have the requested pictures. I tried it again set it to even, then published then set it to odd and then published. My first page still shows up on page 1 of the book and page 9 the actual pdf in both cases. I have found that if I switch the margins from left to right and right to left, I need to delete one blank page and it will print a hard copy correctly.

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    bfriesen18-OpalAuthor
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    March 20, 2012

    Playing with the file more, how do I publish with no blank pages added. I have a double sided layout and wonder if that would work just as well as geting chapters to print on even pages.

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